Rail-anchor



L. J. BERKELEY.

RAiL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1919.

I Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

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RAH. ANCHOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26,1919.

Patented Oct 26,1920.

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LAURENCE BERKELEY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. 80 M. COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, LAURENCE J. BERKE- LEY, a citizen ing at-Ra'cine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, new and useful Improvements in Ra l-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for preventing the longitudinal movement of railroad rails, and its principal object is to provide a simple, inexpensive device of this class which may be readily applied to and removed from a rail and which, when so applied, will grip the rail with a spring pressure adapted to resist vibration and other forces tending to loosen the hold of the device on the rail.

A further object is to provlde a rail anchor which will fit rails of somewhat difi'erent widths of rail base.

The invention consists in the new and improved constructions, arrangements and devices to be hereinafter described. and claimed for carrying out the above stated objects and such other incidental objects as' will appear from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention, applied to a rail;

Fig. 2is an end elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 1-41 of Fig. 1';

Fig. 5 is a view, in perspective, body portion of the rail anchor;

Fig. 6 is asimilar view of the lever for stressing the resilient portion of the anchor and for locking the anohorto the rail base;

Fig. 7 is a plan view illustrating a modificationg Fig. 8 is a cross-section through the rail on line 8-8 of Fig. 7, showing the anchor in elevation; I

Fig. 9 is a view in elevation, showing the end of the device as it appears from the right-hand side of Fig. 8 with the resilient portion of the anchor removed; and

Fig. 10 is a cross-section through the anchor on line 10-10 of Fig. 7.

Like characters of reference of the of the United States, residhave invented certain designate like parts in the several figures of the draw ings.

The basic idea of my invention might be embodied in different forms. The form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive of the drawings is constructed as follows: 10 is a bar adapted to extend under the base of the rail and is provided at opposite ends with notches or jaws 11, 12, for engaging the edge of the rail base, the latter being shown at 13 in the drawings. At one end of the bar is a member adapted to provide a bearing for the anchor against one of the cross ties 14. This tie-abutting or bearing member consists in the particular embodi ment shown, 'of an angular piece of metal 15 suitably reinforced and riveted at 16 to one end of the bar 10. At the other end of tion being of spring metal. In fact, in a preferred embodiment of the invention shown the body. of the anchor is made of sheet steel so that the extension 17 will necessarily have a certain amount of resiliency. Before the anchor is applied to the rail the extension 17 will preferably stand at an acute angle to the bar 10. 18 is a lever pivoted to the end of extension 17 and adapted to bear against the edge of the rail base so as to bend the extension 17 to put the anchor under stress against the rail. The end of the spring extension 17 is formed with a slot 19 to receive lever 18, the lever being pivoted to the spring extension by means of a pin or rivet 20 extending through a perforation 21 in the lever and through bosses 22 formed by bending the extremities of the forked portion of the spring member 17. The lever 18 is preferably formed with a jaw 23 to engage the edge of the rail base 13. The device is applied to the rail with the lever in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The handle portion 24; of the lever is pushed toward the tie causing the jaw 23 to move along the edge of the rail base and bending rail. The lever is rocked to a position slightly past its center so that there is no danger that the longitudlnal thrust of the rail will move the lever to a posltlon of release. The position of, the jaw 23 past center sets up an active longitudlnal thrust on this end of the anchor throughthe port on 17 in the direction of creep of the rall, which maintains the shackle hold of the anchor on the rail. This end of the anchor preferably stands at some distance from the tie so that any tendency of the rail to creep will be self checked through the shackle hold of the device on the rail and its bearing upon the tie at the end opposite the spring.

The modified form of the device, as shown in Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive, consists of a cast metal bar 25 being formed atone end w th an integral tie-abutting member 26 and with an upstanding lug 28 having a notch 29 providing a jaw which engages one edge of the base flange of the rail. The other end of the bar 25 is formed with upstanding lugs 30, 31, between which a resilient member 32 is secured by means of a rivet 33. This member is of a general angular shape and normally stands at an acute angle to the bar 25, substantially as does the extension 17 of the preceding figures before the anchor is applied to the rail.

The inner edge 34 is formed with a notch or rail base engaging aw, and the other end 35 carries a pivoted lever 18 which is constructed and applied to the rail substantially the same as the corresponding element 18 of the preceding figures.

It will be seen that a device constructed as above described may be very quickly and easily applied to the rail and as readily taken therefrom. No special tools are required for its manipulation. It will fit rails differing slightly in width of base.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to engage opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, a spring, and means for stressing said spring to cause said rail engaging member to grip the rail.

2. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to engage opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a he, a spring, and a revoluble device for stressing said spring to cause said rail engaging member to grip the rail. I

3. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted toengage opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, a spring at one end of said member, .and means for stressing said spring to cause said member to grip the rail.

4. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to engage opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, a spring at one end of said member, and a revoluble device adapted to bear against the rail engaging memberto grip the rail.

. 5. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to engage opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, a spring, and a revoluble device adapted to bear against the rail for stressing said spring to cause said rail to grip the rail.

6. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for enga ing opposite edges of a rail and provi ed with a spring, and means for stressing said spring, so as .to cause said jaws to grip therail.

7. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for engaging opposite edges of arail and provided with a spring, and 'a revoluble device for stressing said spring so as to cause said jaws to grip therail.

8. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for engaging opposite edges of a rail and provided. with a spring, and a revoluble device adapted to bear against the rail for stressing said spring to cause said jaws to grip the rail.

engaging member 9. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for engaging opposite edges of a rail, one end of which projects beyond the rail and is resilient, and means for stressing the resilient portion of said member.

10. A rail anchor comprising, in combinat on, a' member adapted tobear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging aws for engag ng opposite edges of a rail, one end OT Wl1lCh projects beyond the rail and is resilient, and a revoluble member for stressing the resilient part of said member.

11. A rail tion, a member adapted to bear against a tie,

sw ng a pair of rail engaging jaws forengagmg op-poslte edges of a rail, one end of which projects beyond the rail and is resili-- ent, and a revoluble member adapted to bear agamst the rail for stressing the resilient part of said member.

12. A rail anchor comprising, in combina tion, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for engaging opposite edges of a rail, one end of which projects beyond the rail and is re- 7 silient, and a member pivoted to said member for stressing the resilientportion of the same. 1

13. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging aws for anchor comprising, in combinaof which projects be engaging opposite ed es of a rail, oneend @ond the rail and is resilient, and a member pivoted to the end of said resilient portion adapted to bear against the rail and flex said resilient portion.

14. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging jaws for engaging opposite edges of a rail, one end of which projects beyond the rail and is resilient, and a lever pivoted to said resilient portion, one end of which is adapted to bear against the rail.

15. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a member adapted to bear'against a tie, having a pair of rail engaging aws for engaging opposite edges of a rail, one end of which projects beyond the rail and is resilient, and a lever pivoted to said resilient portion, one end of which is formed with a jaw adapted to engage the edge of the rail base.

16. A-rail anchor comprising, tion, a bar adapted to extend under the base of a rail and provided at opposite ends with rail engaging aws, a tie abutting member associated with one end of said bar, a spring member at the other end of said bar which normally stands at an acute angle to the bar, and means associated with said spring member for flexing the same to cause the anchor to grip the rail base.

17 A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a bar adapted to extend under the base of a rail and provided at opposite ends with rail engaging jaws, a tie abutting member associated with one end of said bar, a spring member at the other end of said bar which normally stands at an acute angle to the bar, and a lever pivoted to the end of said spring member adapted to bear against the rail for stressing said spring member.

18. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a shoe casting formed with a tie abutting member and with a-jaw adapted to fit over one edge of the base flange of a rail, a spring secured to the shoe member and formed with a jaw adapted to engage the opposite edge of the rail base, and a revoluble device adapted to bear against the rail for stressing said spring to cause said jaws to grip the rail.

19. A rail anchor comprising in combinain combina tion a member adapted to engage the opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, and means for forcing one side of said member in the direction of creep of the rail so grip the rail. v

20. A rail anchor comprising in combination a member adapted to engage the opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, and means engaging the rail and adapted to force one side of the-member in the direction of creep of the rail, so as to cause said rail-engaging member to grip the rail.

21. A rail anchor comprising in combination a member adapted to engage the opposite edges of a rail and to bear against a tie, and means for resiliently engaglng the rail to set up a longitudinal thrust on one side of said anchor in the direction of creep to cause said anchor to grip the rail by a shackle hold.

22. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a body havin rail-engaging jaws, and a tie-abutting mem er extendmg therefrom, said anchor adapted to grip the rail by means of a shackle hold, and resilient means on one side of said anchor for resiliently forcing said side of the anchor in a direction to maintain said shackle hold.

23. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a body having rail-engaging jaws, and a tie-abutting member extending therefrom, said anchor adapted to grip the rail by means of a shackle hold, a resilient member extending from one side of said anchor, and means associated therewith for engaging the rail and cooperating with said resilient member to force said side of said anchor in a direction to maintain said shackle hold.

24. A rail anchor comprising, in combination, a body having rail-engaging jaws. and a tie-abutting member extending therefrom, said anchor adapted to grip the rail by means of a shackle hold, a resilient member extending from one side of said anchor, and a member pivoted on said resilient member and adapted to be forced into engagement with said rail and cooperating with said resilient member to set up a thrust on the side of said anchor to maintain the shackle hold.

LAURENCE J. BERKELEY.

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